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New York Mine

Past Producer in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310190
MRDS ID LW00190
Record type Site
Current site name New York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.65196, 46.4925 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position TILDEN TOWNSHIP, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE LOCATION, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE LOCATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ishpeming(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan T47N R27W 3 SE SE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Rock description Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.65196, 46.4925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are east-west.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEGAUNEE IRON-FORMATION -- SOURCE OF IRON ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant No
Discovery year 1844
Year of first production 1864
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner York Mining Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, SITE ID 520144, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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